12 chapter huh, honestly, I never expected to get to 3!
"We will find them Serena, I promise." Ash tried his best to comfort her, and contain his own worry about Pikachu.
A feint "pika pika" could be heard from the right.
"Ash, I think I heard Pikachu!" Serena began to walk that direction before Ash pulled her hand back.
"It's a trap Serena, that's not really Pikachu." Ash said in the most fearless voice he could muster.
"It's alright to be scared Ash, you don't need to pretend just because I'm here, in my mind, you're the bravest person there is." Serena spoke calmly as if the previous problems didn't concern them, she cared about Ash enough to keep him from hurting himself internally.
"Thanks Serena." He kissed her on the cheek.
"I'll be honest Serena, I'm scared out of my mind, I think we are dealing with more than one wild Gengar." Ash's fear was now very apparent in his tone of voice.
"Ash, we can do this." Serena surprises herself, she was now the one giving Ash courage, it made her so happy that she could do that for Ash, HER Ash.
"You're right Serena, thanks again, you're the best." He kissed her cheek again.
"As long as we are together, then i won't give up till it's over." Ash smiled at her.
"Lets go."
The two jumped off the path, they ran towards where the noise was heard from, even if it wasn't really Pikachu, something was making that noise. The couple still held hands, and nothing but fear itself could scare them away.
Two eyes appeared 15 meters In front of them, stopping the young couple in their tracks. The eyes, despite being at the edge of their view, were very clearly visible, and after a few seconds, a wicked mouth, filled with sharp teeth appeared, it's grimace would have normal scared its foe blue. But this opponent, would prove much more difficult.
As fast as the face appeared, it disappeared.
"Ash what's going on?" Serena held on to Ash's hand more tightly once more.
"It's, it's, it's toying with us, this is bad Serena, we need to leave here as soon as possible.
Far away, the feint glow of a red burning fire could be seen.
"ASH!" Serena pointed to the red glow.
"Huh?" Ash looked up, he was still questioning why the Gengar lured them over here.
"Wait Serena, I got it, they just want us to loose the path, I think that's just another ruse."
Serena pauses to think about it, on one hand, she trusted his judgment, he knew a lot about Pokémon, but she she knew a lot about her own Pokémon, and her gut told her she had to check no matter what.
"Ash, do you trust me?" She stared directly into his eyes.
"Of course I do Serena but-"
"Then trust me now when I tell you that that over there is Braixen, please Ash." She cut him off.
"I believe you Serena, let's go." He said as they ran towards the soft red glow.
Meanwhile, in the sky.
"My my it sure is a good thing we have this balloon." Jesse stated
"Mhmm!" Her team agreed
"Wabafett!"
"Woh what does you think is going on down there?" Meow then pointed at a burning fire in the forest.
"It's not our spooky haunted creepy forest, so it's not our spooky haunted creepy problem." James said.
"Mhmm" Agreed the team all together.
Meanwhile, at the Pokémon center.
Nurse joy looked up at the incoming storm front.
"I sure hope those two are ok, and that they make it to the festival on time." She walked inside.
"Chancy Chancy"
The door slid open again.
"Oh, hello there, who are you?" Nurse Joy asked the random traveler.
"Hi there Nurse Joy, my name is Miette, there is a storm coming and I don't have proper shelter, do you mind if I stay while the storm passes?" The blue haired girl asked with a smile.
"I don't mind at all, it's funny, I've had more company this week than I've had this month, this cute couple, Ash and Serena, just left this morning." Nurse Joy returned to the back room to get a room key for Miette.
Miette was stricken with supprise, her mouth lay even a little bit open.
"I guess blonde finally did it huh." The blue haired girl pauses a moment.
"OH MY GOSH I WONDER IF SHANA KNOWS!" She got out her phone instantly.
Meanwhile, in the real world.
Uggghhhh I'm so tired
I really really really wanted 12 to be a longer chapter
(Long for me is 555+ words)
But now it's like 1:34 am, I have school! Well, it was worth it, I like this chapter a lot :)